Photo captures man appearing to skydive through the Sun – and it’s real

An astrophotographer has taken a phenomenal shot of a falling skydiver who seems to be perfectly aligned with the fiery surface of the Sun. Andrew McCarthy specialises in taking photos of the sun and said this picture, named as the Fall of Icarus, took ‘immense planning and technical precision’ to make it seem like the Earth–bound skydiver was free falling in outer space. (Picture: Andrew McCarthy)Who is Icarus? According to Greek mythology, Daedalus was a master craftsman who